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Webster Wildlife & Natural Area

Webster Wildlife & Natural Area from directly overhead

Webster Wildlife & Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Smith Mountain stands 123 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ann Hannigan Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Independence Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90097, -71.05497

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenie Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kingston State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kingston Plain: 2.2 mi
  • Chase Fields: 2.8 mi
  • Magnusson Memorial Fields: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Betty and Barney Hill: 2.9 mi
  • French Mill: 3.2 mi
  • Joseph Young Foundation: 3.4 mi
  • Spofford Mill: 3.9 mi
  • Liberty Tree: 4.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Italian Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Vegtable Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 8.2 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 8.3 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 55
Beaches: 47
  • Newton Town Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Hampstead Town Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 12.3 mi
  • South Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
Waterfalls: 15
  • Great Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 5.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 10.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Webster Wildlife & Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith MountainW 267°123 m6.1 mi
French HillWNW 294°113 m5.8 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 284°112 m5.8 mi
Hoyt's HillWNW 298°108 m5.4 mi
Pine KnollSW 232°105 m5.2 mi
Philbrick HillNW 315°101 m4.8 mi
Powow HillESE 112°99 m6.4 mi
Coburn HillNW 314°98 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:57
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1315:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734465665716962504030
Precip in3.03.34.24.14.04.03.63.73.94.93.74.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Hampstead, 8 mi away.

  • Sweet Pepperbush18 obs
  • pink lady's slipper17 obs
  • Dusted Skipper15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Blue Dasher14 obs
  • Festive Tiger Beetle14 obs
  • partridgeberry13 obs
  • sweetfern13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47798318

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